Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform VSP E1090 vs Pure Storage FlashArray //X90
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) E1090 is an enterprise NVMe all-flash storage system featuring PCIe 4.0 architecture and dual active-active controllers with up to 1TB cache. The Pure Storage FlashArray //X90 was Pure's highest-performing all-NVMe flash array of the R2/R3 generation.
| Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform VSP E1090 | Pure Storage FlashArray //X90 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Hitachi | Pure Storage |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | Apr 2022 | May 2018 |
| Form factor | 4U rack | 3U rack |
| Form factor | 4U rack | — |
| Controllers | Dual active-active | — |
| Cache memory | 1024GB | — |
| Max drives | 24 NVMe U.2 (expands to 1152 drives) | — |
| Host interfaces | 32Gb/16Gb FC, 25Gb/10Gb iSCSI, NVMe-oF | — |
| Max raw capacity | 6.7PB expanded | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual active-active controllers in 3U enclosure |
| Operating system | — | Pure Storage Purity//FA |
| Raw capacity | — | Up to 1.3PB raw |
| Effective capacity | — | Up to 4.3PB effective with data reduction |
| Drive media | — | NVMe DirectFlash Modules (9.1TB, 18.2TB) |
| Connectivity | — | 32Gb/16Gb FC, 25GbE/10GbE iSCSI, and NVMe-oF |
| Nvram | — | Dual internal NVRAM modules |
| Data reduction | — | Inline deduplication and compression |
| Management | — | Pure1 and Purity GUI |
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